Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Hello Betty

I finally got my blocks from the quilting bee all sewn together last night. I’ll admit that curved piecing was a bad idea for a quilting bee block (sorry ladies!) but luckily they all were game for trying it and the blocks turned out great. I like these blocks even better when they’re all sewn together, and it helps that I love these fabrics (I bought clear back in February!). These colors will make a great fall throw.

I still have some pieces so I think I might add a border to this one to make it bigger (its 4 ft. by 5 ft.), and then stipple the heck out of it or pebble quilt it, we’ll see what the old Bernina is up for.

I hope you all had a great Labor Day weekend. We……….went camping. And it looked like this. Except this picture was during the short time when it stopped raining and started to dry out, and then started raining again. We were drenched, but we had lots of fun and came back early to spend Monday enjoying the outdoors from inside. Camping in the Northwest is always an adventure. :)

I LOVE your quilt from the bee! And I'm so glad you had us try the curved seams because it pushed me out of my comfort zone and now I'm not so intimidated by them. If I could only figure out what I want to do for my quilt -- next month is my month, and I have NO idea yet. Trying to figure out how much fabric to send especially is scaring me...:)

looks like a pretty wet trip!! the hello betty looks amazing. I love these fabrics...i have a layer cake of it and have not had a chance to use it yet....i don't think i will be making circles out of anything but this does remind me of how much i love it.

Ahhh yes, camping in the NW! We spent three very moist days at Kalaloch in July, I'm still drying out! I love this quilt! I'm fixing to make a circle quilt for my niece soon, like tomorrow? Is there a pattern for this one, or did you make it up?

I'm in such love with your quilt top! All those great colors and prints together, *sigh* its awesome.

Icky, rain camping! Ok, its can still be fun. We "camp" in a camper. I can't tell you the last time I slept in a real tent, I go to girl scout camp with my daughter every year (I'm her leader) and the kids get mattresses to sleep on! They are so pampered. Part of me misses sleeping in a tent, but my back doesn't!

I can't tell you the number of years camping that it has done just this to us. On our drive home last night, about Hood River, it started raining. Just like the Pacific Northwest to welcome us home with some rain. It's a good thing we were rain free for the vacation...it makes it easier to handle on the return home. Are you coming down for the Expo next weekend?

I agree with Valerie! Thanks for letting us play with the circles for your month. They came out awesome! Can't wait to see the whole thing finished, and you should definitely add this to the bee's pictures!